Enclosure in Ballintine, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

Visible on an aerial photograph (GSI N438-7) as a rectangular enclosure (est. dims. L c. 40m E-W; Wth c. 30m). On level pasture overlooking a gentle W-facing slope. No visible surface trace survives.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD018-026

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